Five iPhone-Beating Phone Features

1/24/2014 8:33PM

The iPhone has lost share in the smartphone market since igniting said market years ago. MarketWatch's Jim Jelter looks at the top five features of competing smartphones that have contributed to this effect. (Photo: Getty)

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